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Again, Mondal’s brother attempted to lodge a complaint against the BSF Officers with the
Raninagar PS, but SI Ramakanta Sarkar and another police officer refused to accept the
complaint. Sarkar and the other officer also verbally abused Mondal’s family.. Sarkar also
defended the BSF Officers actions and falsely claimed that Mondal was a cattle smuggler.
Mondal’s brother also tried to lodge a complaint with the Raninagar PS over the phone, but he
was told that he had to lodge the complaint with SI Rajat Das of Raninagar PS. However, two
Raninager SIs refused to take the complaint when Mondal’s brother went to the station.
On 23 November 2006, the BSF Officer filed a complaint against Mondal’s brother.
On 6 December 2006, Mondal’s brother sent a written complaint to the Superintendent of Police,
and sent a copy to the District Magistrate of Murshibad, but no action has been taken.
On 23 November 2006, at 5:00am, victim Akhil Mondal, a sharecropper, was returning from the
land that he worked. However, Border Security Force (BSF) Officers shot Mondal, and he died
instantly. The BSF Officers shot Mondal in the back, and the bullet pierced through his left ear
and emerged from his right eyebrow. There were three eyewitnesses to the killing.
Mondal’s brother attempted to lodge a complaint with the Raninagar PS but the officer on duty
refused to accept it.
At the Lalbagh Hospital, the on-duty doctor failed to ascertain the cause of death and sent the
body to another hospital. The body was returned to the Lalbagh Hospital, but then sent to a third
hospital. Finally, 80 hours after the killing, an autopsy was performed.
Again, Mondal’s brother attempted to lodge a complaint against the BSF Officers with the
Raninagar PS, but SI Ramakanta Sarkar and another police officer refused to accept the
complaint. Sarkar and the other officer also verbally abused Mondal’s family.. Sarkar also
defended the BSF Officers actions and falsely claimed that Mondal was a cattle smuggler.
Mondal’s brother also tried to lodge a complaint with the Raninagar PS over the phone, but he
was told that he had to lodge the complaint with SI Rajat Das of Raninagar PS. However, two
Raninager SIs refused to take the complaint when Mondal’s brother went to the station.
On 23 November 2006, the BSF Officer filed a complaint against Mondal’s brother.
On 6 December 2006, Mondal’s brother sent a written complaint to the Superintendent of Police,
and sent a copy to the District Magistrate of Murshibad, but no action has been taken.
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Annual Report on Torture
2007